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Professor Julia Wittmayer awarded NWO Vidi grant for research on academia in transition
How can academia reinvent itself to better tackle inequality and climate change? Julia Wittmayer explores this question.
- Thursday 23 Oct 2025
- Press release
NWO Impact Explorer grant for Romit Chowdhury (ESSB) and Hub Zwart (ESPhil)
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded an Impact Explorer grant to two EUR researchers.
- Wednesday 15 Oct 2025
- General
Prof. Liesbeth Noordegraaf-Eelens appointed Dean of the Erasmus School of Philosophy
Noordegraaf-Eelens (1973) has been acting dean of the faculty since 2024 and also holds the position of professor of Transformative Higher Education.
- Monday 15 Sep 2025
- Appointment

Connecting Cultures Festival: Food Fair
A festival to celebrate, showcase, and present the different nationalities and cultures of our own students!
- Thursday 20 Nov 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
- General
Master Open Day
Visit Erasmus University Rotterdam on our fully hybrid Master Open Day on Saturday 22 November 2025 and get to know our master programmes!
- Saturday 22 Nov 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
- Open day
Accursed Intelligence (Marcin Korecki)
A talk exploring our ancient and modern “machine worries,” from Zhuangzi to AI—examining dependence, automation, and the deceptive nature of technology.
- Tuesday 9 Dec 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
- Lecture